Jackie is in her 5th year in the Au.D./Ph.D. program at UCONN.  She is working on the development of a hearing conservation program for workers in the transportation industry in the Hearing Conservation Laboratory under Dr. Jennifer Tufts .  She completing her second research rotation in the AR Lab to examine optimizing hearing device fittings among adults with NIHL.  Jackie is also a certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist by CAOHC (Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation). She is currently completing her externship year at Honeywell Corporation in San Diego, California.